Ambient Equilibration
Cabin temperature: 25C
Sensor type: RS41
Ambient pressure: 695mb
Ambient temperature: 12C
Ambient RH: 100%
Temperature equilibration accuracy: 0.1C
RH equilibration accuracy: 5.0%
Temperature equilibration at time: 3.5s, RS41 T sensor time constants: 4.9
RH equilibration at time: -6.0s, RS41 RH sensor time constants: -0.3
Pressure: same equilibration time used as for temperature
Wind equilibration: 10.0s
Description
D20220920_221546.3 212710095 Hurricane Fiona, 20220920I1 WP-3D, N43RF
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 22:15:45.50
Fast Fall Test
Number of points with excessive fall rate: 11
Percentage of points with excessive fall rate: 2
Sounding diagnosed as a fast fall: No
File Processing
Data type: AVAPS SOUNDING DATA, Channel 3
Sonde model: RSS421
Thermo sensor: RSS421
Launch time specified by the LAU line will be used.
LAU launch line time: 2022-09-20 22:15:45.50
Processing Steps
QC processing completed (in less than 1.0s)
Levels created (in less than 1.0s)
WMO message coded (in less than 1.0s)
QC Data Recovery Statistics
1065 raw data records
8 ( 0.8%) raw data records had PTU checksum errors
21 ( 2.0%) raw data records had GPS checksum errors
1 ( 0.1%) raw data records had both PTU and GPS checksum errors
pres : input file reported 530 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 516 ( 97.4%), overall rate: 48.5%
tdry : input file reported 530 ( 49.8%) values, QC retained 514 ( 97.0%), overall rate: 48.3%
RH : input file reported 528 ( 49.6%) values, QC retained 521 ( 98.7%), overall rate: 48.9%
winds: input file reported 1056 ( 99.2%) values, QC retained 1001 ( 94.8%), overall rate: 94.0%
QC Height Integration
Upward integration starts @ 0.0m
Downward integration starts @ 2975.1m
QC for GPS Altitude
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for GPS Position
Points which failed the latitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the longitude limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 1
Points which failed the latitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the longitude buddy check: 0
Points which failed the latitude Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the longitude Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Relative Humidity
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 92
Points which failed the lower limit check: 0
Points which failed the upper limit check: 27
QC for Temperature
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for VV Pressure
Points which failed the limit check: 0
Points which failed the buddy check: 0
Points which failed the outlier check: 0
Points which failed the Q/C filter check: 0
QC for Winds
Points which failed the wind speed limit check: 0
Points which failed the wind direction limit check: 0
Points which failed the number of satellites check: 0
Points which failed the wind error check: 1
Points which failed the buddy check: 1
Outlier check disabled
Q/C filter check disabled
Points which failed the vertical velocity check: 0
Surface Observation
Splash time (time of the last usable frame): 265.75s
Extrapolated surface time: 266.29s
Fall distance from last frame: 7.1m
Extrapolated surface pressure: 982.1mb
Extrapolated surface temperature: 25.7C
Extrapolated surface rh: 91.8%
Surface Wind Determination
Surface wind coded for an adjusted altitude of 12.0m
PTU/wind offset is 0.00s (PTU observations lead wind observations by 0.00s)